About
Jourdan Emily Hancock is a Sydney based emerging artist having just completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours (First Class) from UNSW | Art and Design.
Jourdan is a cross-disciplinary artist who began her emerging practice in the field of photography. Jourdan’s practice has since expanded into the fields of sculpture, textiles and object manipulation parallel to her photographic process. Drawing from the self, she explores trauma, memory and experience, employing her raw skills through the cathartic processes of art therapy, often featuring the body as a commodity in which to question notions of ownership,desire, sexuality, gender and the boundaries of self-confession in the public and private spheres.
Emulating the human form, the object becomes a fetishized commodity subject to our unabashed gaze and scrutiny. They are a reflection and projection of the ego, left in an insipid, amnesic state as they have been castrated from the body and lost their way. There is a sense of urgency and tension about the object, forlorn, it is aware that it is at risk to the ambiances, yearning for the solace of being whole. The anthropomorphic enigma of the object survives within its theatricality, adamant upon subsisting as a discarded entity, collapsing all meaning as it attempts to destroy the functional edifices we have constructed within acceptable society. The dysfunctional object takes on its role with exuberance. The bleeding, brooding form considers itself above any manner of etiquette and consideration as it brandishes its waste, wounds and sexual organs, expelling bodily filth. It thrives on the ecstasy of instigating repugnance and horror, flourishing when we desire more.